WWI; The Great War; is raging across Europe and the Middle East. In the desolate heart of the Arabian Desert a downed German double agent awaits rescue. Enter Captain Jackson Cove; an American pilot flying for the British allied forces; sent in to recover Captain Josef von Zimmerman and the information he's carrying for the Allies. Coves joined by young English nurse and German translator Eleanor Morgan; who struggles to keep up in the arid wasteland. When they find Zimmerman; severely injured and suffering from amnesia; Cove discovers all is not as it seems. The mission soon disintegrates into a sandstorm of deceit; confusion and danger; and Cove; caught in the middle; has got to fly his way out.